Refrigerator



Dec. 19, 1922. 1,439,678. 1. BECK.

REFRIGERATOR.

FILED JULY 26,1921.

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N h v Y /lOb /N VEN TUI? Wl TNESSES N A TTORNEYS Y Patented Dec. 19, 1922. i

PATENT OFFICE.

" JOHN BECK, OF ASHLAND, WISCONSIN.'

REFRIGENATOR.

Application led J'uly 26, 1921. Serial No. 487,713.

To all whom t may concewt:

Be it known that I, JOHN BECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved- Refrigerator, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates more particularly to the ice rack of a refrigerator and in association therewith a novel arrangement to carry off the drip and to provide for an effective circulation of the air aboutthe rack and its associated features, all of which will clearly appear as the description pro- Iceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a refrigerator embodying my invention;-

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fivure 1.

n carrying out my invention in practice, the refrigerator 1()b has ledges 16a at the front and back, the lining 16b preferably in practice curving over the curved under side of said cleats. Also, the lining above the cleats extends horizontally as at 16c over the cleats at the top and given the form of-depending flanges 16d laterally inward -of the cleats. The lining material at the two Opposite sidesis formed into inclined deflectors 16e. On top of the horizontal extensions 16c of the lining are bracket irons 16 of Z-shape presenting' flanges 16g. A rack 14 rests on the .ianges 16Y and permits the drip from the ice to fall through the rack. Below the -rack 14:a an inclined pan 21 is provided preferably made of sheet metal and having a double bottom 21". The pan is supported on brackets 11 at opposite sides and at different elevations, the pan at the bottom having a depending ange 21c 'resting on said brackets. The pan has a drain hole 21d in which a short pipe length 25a extends and depends at the under side of the pan, said pipe telescoping in the drain pipe 24a. The pan 2la dips both longitudinally and laterally for the flow of water to the drain hole 21d.

shelf 36 is shown in the lower pan 21u and resting on protuberances 37 at Opposite sides of the refrigerator.

The inclining of the pan 21a facilitates the circulation of air. The air circulates about the' pan between the same and the rack, the air circulating circuit being below the ice rack.

The drip falling from the ice rack through the circulating air results in gases and odors being absorbed by dripping water to be carried ol' with the water through the drain pipe. Also the air by circulating beneath and' adjacent to the ice rack, is cooled to about the same extent by a few inches of ice as with deeper ice.

I would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can `be considerably varied without departure therewith and in spaced relation with the side walls of the refrigerator forming an air passage of substantially equal depth throughout extending from one side ofthe pan over its upper face to the other side thereof.

" JOHN BECK. y 

